An argument broke out…between…Olmert and Barak…Olmert:] “I have never agreed to a deal with Hamas,” adding that anyone who offers Hamas a deal, like Barak did, is sabotaging the gains achieved during Israel’s recent offensive…Barak retorted that “the operation [Cast Lead] was a success, and…we could have found ourselves in a different situation now if we had been willing to discuss an agreement.”
